Currency is not the deciding factor 14:21 Mar 21, 2013
@Sandra - From what you write, it seems that you change the method depending on the currency. That, however, is not the right way.
The rules on what to write how are per language - not per currency. The Dutch rules are the same whether you are talking about USD, EUR, ...
So, In Dutch, there is a linguistic rule that prescribes writing a number as such: 123,45 (or "," to separate decimals. In English, the rule is that a dot is used: 987.65
Whether you separate thousands and more with a . or a space in Dutch is not prescribed in a fixed way. I prefer 123 456,78 and some people like to write 123.456,78 (I don't know whether or not there is a fixed rule for that in English).
And lastly, whether you can write 123,- or 123,= or not depends, as I understand it, on the locale. In The Netherlands, people seem to use it. In Belgium, we usually don't (but we'll understand what it means). And in the rest of the world, they might thing you are trying to use a new kind of currency symbol :-).
And last but not least, I would suggest you either consistently use the ISO codes (EUR, USD, ...) or the official name of the currency (euro (small letter), US-dollar, ...) |